Grace to you and peace, from God our Creator and the Lord Jesus Christ!  As we settle in with our new music director, Tina Dreisbach, and continue to flesh out the ways we will provide worship music, we welcome Clair Maxwell back to the organ today and also look forward to hearing from our choir.  Our thanks to Tina and to her husband Paul for their contributions to our Sunday worship!  

Our Gospel reading today does not follow the lectionary, which would have us reading about Jesus’ baptism.  Rather, it continues the story that follows his birth and the adoration of the Magi.  In the few verses that attend to the family’s departure from Bethlehem, we hear a familiar story, though perhaps more recent than we may have thought.  As we worship together this week, we are reminded to keep close in our hearts those who are forced to leave their homes and what is our faithful responsibility to them.  

Before then, I look forward to seeing many of you at my home this evening for fun, food, and total frivolity with our potluck and yankee swap!  See you soon!  

Blessings and peace, Lisa

Worship at Home Materials:  We will be offering worship in-person as well as on Zoom this coming Sunday. Coffee & tea are available after the church service.  Masks are suggested in the sanctuary and required during the singing of hymns, as the virus spreads most easily with the projection of droplets.

Children’s Message                   

A Reading from the Hebrew Bible       Psalm 72:1-7; 10-14

A Reading from the Gospels                Matthew 2:12-23

Message              “There is Nothing New Under the Sun, Except Resurrection”        Pastor Lisa

Below you will find materials to accompany this week’s Sunday Morning Worship via Zoom.  An order of service with scripture readings, to accompany the service, are available by clicking the following links.   

Helpful Hint:  If you are planning to join the Sunday morning worship Zoom call, you might wish to print the following documents prior to joining the call, if you have that capability. 

*A link to the sermon will be shared on our website during the week following the service.

Worship Bulletin:

January 12, 2025
Service of Worship for Home

To join us for worship via Zoom, please use the following information.

Whether or not you choose to set up an account, when it’s time for the meeting, click the following link:

https://us06web.zoom.us/j/85057928120

Meeting ID: 850 5792 8120
Passcode: 166136